Svetlana Khrustaleva

Affiliated media: Sobesednik , Journalist

Incident date: January 31, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: MBK Media

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Svetlana Khrustaleva, a Sobesednik journalist, was detained in Moscow. This happened when she, together with her daughter, friends, and acquaintances, stood up for the young man whom the security forces officers were trying to take to the paddy wagon. «As a result, our correspondent received several hits with a truncheon. Now Khrustaleva is in the paddy wagon and sends photographs from there. According to her, she and other detainees are being taken to the police station,» – said Sobesednik.